Pokémon GO Fest: Attending Player Guide

Trainers attending the GO Fest will have the opportunity to unlock worldwide bonus rewards by participating in timed capture challenges. These challenges last for 30 minutes and happen 3 times during the GO Fest.

GO Fest Catch Challenges

GO Fest attendees have the following three opportunities to unlock the rewards (times are in Chicago time-zone):

GO Fest challenges

Challenge

Start

End

Date

Challenge window #1

11:00

11:30

22/07/2017

Challenge window #2

12:00

12:30

22/07/2017

Challenge window #3

15:00

15:30

22/07/2017

Challenge requirements

In order to complete a challenge, it’s required to reach a GOLD Tier in one of the type catch medals. It’s not yet clear what is the exact number of Pokémon required to reach the limit.

Challenge rewards

The following worldwide rewards will be available:

Phase 1: In-game bonuses

Medal Type

Rewards

fire

Candy Bonus

water

XP Bonus

grass

Stardust Bonus

electric

Egg Distance Bonus

rock

Buddy Distance Bonus

normal

Encounter Rate Bonus

Phase 2: GO Fest Mystery Challenge

From 18:00 to 19:00

Mystery Challenge will appear for GO Fest attendees if attending and worldwide players manage to obtain the Gold Tier rewards in Phase 1. We expect this to be related to Legendary Pokémon.

Phase 3: Major Global Reward

From 23/07/2017 to 24/07/2017

If GO Fest Attendees manage to complete the Mystery Challenge, a major global reward will be unlocked. It’s unclear what this mean.

GO Fest Official Infographic guide

GO Fest FAQ

Are the challenge windows limited only to GO Fest participants?No, they’re not. During each of the Challenge Windows, the whole world participates to extend any Bonuses GO Fest Attendees manage to collect.

Will there be an advance warning for the challenge windows?Not sure yet, make sure you have these dates and times recorded in your calendar before the event.

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